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Insider Trading Policies and Procedures
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2024
Insider Trading Policies and Procedures [Line Items]  
Material Terms of Trading Arrangement [Text Block]

The Company has adopted an insider trading policy governing the purchase, sale and other dispositions of the Company’s securities that applies to all Company personnel, including directors, officers, employees, and other covered persons. The Company also plans to follow procedures for the repurchase of any shares of its securities. The Company believes that its insider trading policy and planned repurchase procedures are reasonably designed to promote compliance with insider trading laws, rules and regulations, and listing standards applicable to the Company.

 

To ensure compliance with the policy and applicable federal and state securities laws, all individuals subject to the policy must refrain from the purchase or sale of our securities except in designated trading windows or pursuant to preapproved 10b5-1 trading plans. The policy also prohibits the unauthorized disclosure of any nonpublic information acquired in the workplace and the misuse of material nonpublic information in securities trading and includes specific anti-hedging provisions.

 

Pursuant to the anti-hedging provisions, the Company prohibits executive officers, directors, and employees from engaging in transactions involving derivative securities, such as put and call options, and short sales, that could generate profit from a decline in the Company’s stock price. While other hedging transactions are not outright banned, they are strongly discouraged as they may misalign the interests of Company insiders with shareholders and encourage excessive risk-taking.

 

The above anti-hedging restriction does not however apply to stock options granted by the Company, nor does it apply to using Company securities for option exercises or tax payments in transactions directly with the Company.

 

The Company also prohibits holding Company securities in a margin account or pledging Company securities as collateral for a loan unless the pledgor has the clear financial capability to repay the loan without resort to the pledged securities.

 

A copy of the Company’s insider trading policy was filed as Exhibit 19.1 to our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024.